PETER D. KRAMER JOURNALIST + EDITOR + PRODUCER + DIRECTOR + EVENT HOST
As children, they watched as their fathers left for work and, no doubt, wondered where they were going and what they were doing when...
Thomas Meehan: Broadway's show doctor
When I grow up, if I grow up, I want to be Thomas Meehan. A remarkable man. For this 2005 profile, I spoke with his collaborator, Mel...
Judy Kaye: Really good at singing really bad
I adored "Souvenir," which came to Broadway in 2005 long before Meryl Streep turned it into "Florence Foster Jenkins." I'll stick with...
A New Musical Year, a New Home
For about 15 years, we've been playing tag and then a bit of hide-and-seek. I've been visiting high schools across the Lower Hudson...
Broadway Bound 'Shrek': Putting Words and Music in the Ogre's Mouth
This is the third and final installment in our “Broadway Bound” series on “Shrek: The Musical.” When "Shrek: The Musical" opens tonight...
Broadway Bound 'Shrek': The Look: Taking 'Shrek' Ogre the Top
This is the second installment in our “Broadway Bound” series on “Shrek: The Musical.” In 1990, he was a series of lines in a book by New...
Broadway Bound 'Shrek': It's Not Easy Being Green
This is the first installment in my 2008 “Broadway Bound” series on “Shrek: The Musical.” Director Jason Moore spent nearly four years...
Broadway Bound 'Mermaid': Francesca Zambello: Part of Two Worlds
This is the sixth and final installment in the “Broadway Bound” series looking at “The Little Mermaid.” Francesca Zambello is accustomed...
Broadway Bound 'Mermaid': Doug Wright: Writing for an Undersea World
This is the fifth installment in the “Broadway Bound” series looking at “The Little Mermaid.” Doug Wright has a Pulitzer, a Tony and a...
Broadway Bound 'Mermaid': Alan Menken, Part 3: Remembering Howard Ashman
This is the fourth installment in the “Broadway Bound” series looking at “The Little Mermaid.” Taking “The Little Mermaid” -- which he...
Broadway Bound 'Mermaid': Alan Menken, Part 2: Finding the Voices
This is the third installment in the “Broadway Bound” series looking at “The Little Mermaid.” Last night, a little mermaid named Ariel...
Broadway Bound 'Mermaid': Sierra Boggess: Meet the 'Mermaid'
This is the second installment in the “Broadway Bound” series looking at “The Little Mermaid.” When she saw the movie “The Little...
Broadway Bound 'Mermaid': Alan Menken, Part 1: Bye, 'Beast'; Hello, 'Mermaid'
This is the first installment in the 2007 Broadway Bound” series looking at “The Little Mermaid.” Composer Alan Menken has had busy...
Broadway Bound 'Curtains': Facing the Music Without Fred Ebb
This is the eighth and final installment in the “Broadway Bound” series looking at “Curtains.” As Broadway composer John Kander...
Broadway Bound 'Curtains': A Nail-Biter for Director Scott Ellis
This is the seventh installment in the “Broadway Bound” series looking at “Curtains.” At several points along the way to Thursday's...
Broadway Bound 'Curtains': David Hyde Pierce is Back on Broadway
This is the sixth installment in the “Broadway Bound” series looking at “Curtains.” David Hyde Pierce phoned the morning after the first...
Broadway Bound 'Curtains': Rob Ashford Dances Up a Musical
This is the fifth installment in the 2007 “Broadway Bound” series looking at “Curtains.” Broadway choreographer Rob Ashford knows that...
Broadway Bound 'Curtains': Anna Louizos Sets the Stage for 'Curtains'
This is the fourth installment in the “Broadway Bound” series looking at “Curtains.” Anna Louizos has come a long way since making her...
Broadway Bound 'Curtains': Rupert Holmes, Part 3: Keeping 'Curtains' Clean
This is the third installment in the 2006 "Broadway Bound” series looking at “Curtains.” Now that "Curtains" - the backstage murder...
Broadway Bound 'Curtains': Rupert Holmes, Part 2: A Team, A Cast, At Last
This is the second installment in the 2006 “Broadway Bound” series looking at “Curtains.” "Curtains," the Broadway-bound backstage...
Broadway Bound 'Curtains': Rupert Holmes, Part 1: 'Curtains' Rises
This is the first installment in the 2006 “Broadway Bound” series looking at “Curtains.” Composer John Kander and Fred Ebb wrote Broadway...